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They don’t look very comfortable. Why can’t the girls just wear wet suits? Although I guess I know the answer to that one.

O/T I have a thing for the Duggars. I no longer find Jon and Kate that interesting, although I still watch when I manage to catch it.
I know they are controversial and I know people make all kinds of arguments about the environmanetal impact of their large family and that the kids raise each other, etc. But I like them. They come across as so sweet and likable. The parents treat each other kindly and respectfully and seem genuinely in love. And the kids are all beautiful and sweet.
While I wouldn’t choose to live like they do (I’d have to find religion first and that’s probably not happening I can’t help but watch the show and feel good.

I agree, Jennifer. I also find them really interesting, and despite the fact that I don’t share all their views, they appear to be good parents. Not to mention financial geniuses. They seem to have been doing OK even before they got involved with television.

Have you seen their family Web site? I just discovered it this morning and was sucked in. It gives some insight to them that I never saw on the show before.

Actually the swimsuits are not that difficult to swim in. I come from a fairly conservative church and some of the women have tried the “Wholesomewear” suits, as well as other varieties of “modest” suits. They are able to be as active as anyone else in the pool.

There is not a single thing wrong with this swimwear. MY daughter made HER own decision to dress modestly. There is nothing wrong with it. Personally I find it more acceptable than being ogled and leered at. And I am a DEADHEAD<!!!!!!!!! Take care everyone:)

they do seem like a bit much. i understand modesty for young girls and all that, but if a girl just wears a one-piece suit with a long skirt attached, i would think that would be modest enough…to each his own, i guess…

I don’t watch the show and can’t comment on their parenting skills. I’ve read enough of their Web site to believe they are sexist. The boys wear current- albeit conservative- attire. The girls are dressed like Laura Ingalls. But they are not the only American family raising repressed females, and they are doing what they feel is right for their family.

Maybe I’ll call my mom later to thank her for allowing me to wear my favorite Ralph Lauren skimpy by late 80s standards swimwear when I was a teen.

My fair skinned grandaughter of 5 wears a swimsuit that has capri length leggings and a t-shirt top with 3/4 length sleeves. The fabric is a spandex type. She also wears a hat with a “floppy brim”. Her skin is protected from the sun and she only needs a little sunblock for the exposed parts. She likes the suit and looks really cute in it as well.

Thanks for all the comments. I think that culture has a lot to do with perspective and importance. I live in a beach community where bikinis are the acceptable dress and not looked as being racey or immoral.

I have never allowed 2 piece suits for my girls, and the best quality and price swimsuits I founds were at Lands End, nice short sleeved tops with a skirted bottom. Cute material, keeps the sun off delicate areas, and my girls are well covered and able to enjoy swimming, instead of worrying about their tops or bottoms being exposed :o)

I let my daughter wear a two piece. There’s nothing wrong with the human body. As long as it’s tasteful and not revealing (cleavage or a thong) it shouldn’t be a big deal. Starting your kids out early to be self conscience about themselves is not a good idea. The Duggar’s are weird freaks.

Though I’m not personally interested in wearing any Wholesome Wear suits, I do think their ideas of modesty are wonderful and something that more should embrace. I used to wear ‘club clothes’ and now I refuse to wear anything strapless or with only spaghetti straps; shorts of any type year-round and any tight, revealing clothing otherwise. Also, at no point can any cleavage show. Additionally, make up is a rarity. I LOVE the fact that people look at my face (something that didn’t happen when I dressed in club-clothes and dresses) and that they see that I have something intelligent to offer to a conversation. I think the Duggars are giving their girls something really great: morals and dignity. And I think they dress really cute even though they dress modestly!

I am also a bellydancer (I do not wear any bra-tops; my legs are still always covered; my belly and back is uncovered) so I definitely know the human body is beautiful. I even own a bikini which I wear to the pool once or twice a year. (I think 70F is hot so summer/swimming has never been my thing. Hockey is awesome though!)

Wholesome wear has got to be the most absurd swimsuit on the market! How could anyone swim with a full-length dress on? I can appreciate modesty, but this goes a few miles too far! The Duggars are a great family, but look at how they treat their kids. They dress the boys up normally, but the gorls are NOT allowed to wear any sort of pants at all. I wonder how they will ever play any team sports should they ever decide to. (I’ve never seen a woman playing softball in a dress!). In fact, the boys are not even allowed to wear shorts at all (They wear wet suits swimming). Lets take a look at the Duggar girls 10 years down the road. They will have likely rebelled and rejected their parents “Quiverfull” ideals.

Alright, Modesty is something I can respect from certain people, not wanting to reveal anything or whatever. So, people in a one-piece swimsuit- modest. This hideous thing? Well, I’m pretty sure I would drown in it, and it’s ugly! The Duggar family is kinda weird in all honesty, I think that the Pentocostal thing is a little strange (my opinion). I also think that being raised in a family with 18 more siblings- they don’t recieve enough attention, I mean how would you?! It’d be like summer-camp, except not fun. But, being asked from their parents (these girls!) to wear something like this to go swimming, or even having an everyday dress-code of the long skirt and long hair, that’s just unfair! These kids are going to be tired of this at some point in rebell and reject- and it will be bad. When they are out on their own, and are revealed to things they have never seen and don’t know how to handle those situations, because of such a tigh childhood, they are potentially going to be screwed.
My opinion- <3

I don’t like the bathing suits that the dugger daughters wear.I think that they are perfectly ridiculous and silly. Every time that I manage to watch the show the less I like the way the girls dress. I would like to see them put on a pair of pants or even a pair of shorts which there is nothing at all wrong with wearing. I myself wear shorts and pants and tops that are sometimes a bit low but thats the kind of clothes I like. I also sometimes wear short skirts sometimes. This is only my opinion.

Perhaps parents should do some research regarding sex offenders in their neighborhood. Many of those sex offenders are child molesters that get turned on my little children’s bodies.

I dare you. Find where the nearest offender lives. Its probably a LOT closer than you think. Then decide if you want your little girls in bikinis as they run through the sprinkler or swim at the neighbor’s house.

I’m a huge fan of the Duggars and their lifestyle and I have yet to disagree with any parenting decision they’ve made.

Amy’s comment- she has a good point! Most parents are not aware of the offenders in their area….and it isn’t just young children that offenders target…

It always amazes me how people that don’t like the Duggars consider it judgmental to criticize others, than turn right around and judge the Duggars for their choices… and use diversionary tactics to get away from the real issues by using such a phrase as “repressive.”

Here is one of the real issues to this swimsuit issue- Perhaps loving our neighbor does include not wearing anything that tempts others? And that includes men too, not just women.

Thnx 4 ALL the positive & OH WELL to the negative comments! I just saw a fight on fri., even though this has NOTHING to do with any of this RIGHT NOW…… but this is WHY the Poor verbally abused duggars are getting their kids to be wholesome & my older brother did NOT wear shorts until he was 10 1/2!! & i havent worn short shorts since i 9!!!!!!! I also havent worn a bikini since i was 8!!!! my 5 cousins (Mary-Kate, Teresa, Monica, Megan AND Kaitin.) NEVER WEAR BIKINIS!!!!!!! I’ve NEVER seen them In shorts OR SHORT-SHORTS OR BIKINIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGHH I CAN’t belive people can critisize other & the Duggars & NOT themselves!! Us people NEED to find the good in ourselves & we need to get the devil outta us! Ps. KUDOS & & Thnx to Silvermaple, John, Amy-lynn, & Dgc

I like this idea of wholesome wear, especially as an option for out of shape women like myself who shouldn’t be seen in anything less.

As for the Duggar family, I don’t agree with a lot of their politics or conservative religious views, but I do love watching them and think that they deserve a lot of credit for sticking with what they believe in even though others think it strange. Michelle and Jim Bob also get kudos for raising well behaved kids who know how to act properly in public. A lot of parents with only 1 or 2 kids don’t do nearly as well as they do with 19. On top of that they are financial geniuses who live debt free and do not live off of public assistance or owe any bills.

Every child that the Duggars have is a child not born to some family that can’t afford it. Why don’t you talk about all the people on welfare who keep having kids they can’t afford and end up filling our streets with bums and criminals and stop criticizing a family that actually provides for the children they have?

Having their daughters wear clothing that is modest is a way they are intending to protect their daughters and others from dealing with situations that are too mature for them. Personally I don’t know very many people who wore skimpy bikinis and got to hang around with the guys as a teenager that didn’t meet some major heartbreak early in life. You don’t have to be free to make mistakes with boys to learn who you are as a woman. Anyone who says so probably has un-admitted regrets.

Wow. I just want to say to alot of the moms out there that don’t care/don’t have an input on what type of swim wear there daughters have on. I was raised very conservitive as a child also and actually was in the same home school program that the Dougers are in. Although I would not raise my children in that group any more I’m so thankful that my parents raised me that way. I do believe in modest dress but do not make it a priority that my girls wear a dress. However my girls love to be little ladies and ask me almost daily if they can. As. Parent we should ask ourselves if the clothing that our children wear is that of which is representing that child not only at the age he or she is but also so that even if we don’t want to admit it there are people out there that enjoy looking at I modesty on children. yes they can do this with any one but I as a mom would like to make it alot harder for them. I want to keep my little girls innocent and not make them any older then what they are by dressing them like they are a young adult when they are only 7or younger. because of the way I was raised I was able to keep myself pure for one man and am so glad that no other guy out there has images or thoughts of me beside my husband. I hope that this post will be a blessing to someone out there. God bless.

Even though I wouldn’t wear a modest suit at this time, if I ever feel that wearing a two piece is being a hinderance to my relationship with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I would wear a more modest swim suit. Everyone says these girls will rebel, but I don’t believe they will because what I am getting in my life from my parents and what they’re getting in and from their’s, the knowledge of the Lord, is more than the world can ever give them. They will go through trials and temptation just like everyone else, but in the end they will remember what they were taught as a child and teenager and won’t stray from it. The Duggar’s are giving their children an upbringing they will cherish forever. Proverbs 22:6 KING JAMES VERSION “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”